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Lone Saber shifted uncomfortably. He had been sitting on the rocky ground for quite some time. His wrists were killing him. He looked over to Luna, who still wasn't moving. He had heard rumors about what happened when a weapon was broken, but he had no idea if they were true. He looked up at his captors. Azuzai, the dark witch, and Alastor, the unassuming, balding, bespeckled man.
Lone Saber hated them both.
What he hated more was the he was being forced to wait in silence as they plotted to kill everyone.
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"Are we there yet?" Midnight moaned, sneezing again. The tunnels that they were currently walking through were dark and dusty. It was killing her allergies.
"Bless you," Nami said as a particularly powerful sneeze nearly blew her partner over.
"If you guys aren't quiet then she'll find us in a heartbeat," Lucifer hissed angrily. He wasn't really mad at them, just concerned that someone might find and capture them. If he was caught, it would be fine, but he couldn't stand the idea of Robin being trapped under Azuzai's binding contract again.
"Seriously though, are we almost there?" Midnight asked. Lucifer sighed as he squinted at the map. It showed their tunnel, along with several others, winding through the side of the mountain.
"We're about 10 minutes out," Lucifer said as another sneeze ripped through Midnight.
"My god, she's going to get us killed, isn't she?" Robin asked fearfully.
"I am not!" Midnight said in annoyance.
"Shh! Be quiet!" Lucifer hissed.
"What, do you hear something?" Nami whispered. Lucifer nodded and pointed up the corridor. Light could be seen shining, and two voices could be heard.
"We're here. Nami, send the message," Lucifer ordered quietly. Nami nodded and pulled on Midnight's back. Lady Valerie and Kemg were quickly removed from Midnight. A message was attached, and the two kittens were sent off towards Spirit and his group.
"Now what?" Robin asked.
"Now, we wait," Lucifer whispered as they hunkered down for a wait.
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Issac swallowed as he looked down. "Why do we always get the difficult jobs?" he asked.
"Maybe we're the most trustworthy," Jeremy suggested, his muscles on fire.
"No, I think that Lord Death secretly hates us," Kuri moaned.
"Come on guys! Only a little further!" Ruby called down.
"Aren't you guys big, tough, scary DWMA students?" Ammy mocked.
"I'd like to see you climb this is a skirt!" Kuri shouted back. The two girls had transformed into butterflies and flown to the top of the mountain while Kuri, Issac, and Jeremy were left to scale the enormous cliff face. Lord Death had given them the aerial passage. Once they got to the top, they just had to walk through a small tunnel before they were on top of the enemy. Seemed simple enough at the time.
"You're almost there!" Ruby said. Issac was the first to reach the top, scrambling the last few feet to the top before collapsing onto his side, panting. Jeremy followed after, not nearly as tired as Issac, but he still had to sit down. Kuri was last, and nearly fell right as she reached the top. She would have been a splotch on the rocks if Ruby hadn't grabbed her hand.
"Thanks," Kuri panted. She was as worn out as Issac.
"No problem," Ruby said. "Gosh guys, that was a terrifying moment for us."
"Good to know," Issac panted, still red in the face. It took the three of them five minutes to recover from their ascent. Afterwards, they headed for the opening in the mountain. It was a short drop, that led off into a downwards sloping tunnel. After a few minutes of walking, they reached an opening in the ceiling. They were right above the massive lava pit in the center of the cavern.
"Let's send our report," Kuri said. She reached into her pack and grabbed Megan and Alkazor. She tied a small scroll to Megan's talon and took them to the sky opening. They spread their silvery wings and shot to the sky. Kuri returned to the group and sat down. Time to play the waiting game.
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Orion cursed as she scraped her knees again. "Damn it!" she hissed.
"I'd watch your language if I were you," Tab warned from behind her.
"I'd watch your volume, both of you. Do you want to get discovered?" Kat muttered.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't think that I'd be crawling through a lava tube with a pair of criminals!" Orion said angrily.
"We honestly never pictured ourselves in this situation either," Tab said truthfully.
"How much farther do we have in this stupid tunnel?" Orion muttered.
"About 20 feet, and then it's straight up a two foot hole," Kat said. He had memorized their simple route earlier.
"The tunnel is getting narrower," Orion warned from the front. "We may want to tell Spirit of our arrival at our location." Kat nodded and crawled back a few paces to meet with the spiny animal that had been following them. Kat took a wad of chewing gum, stuck a message to it, and stuck the gum onto Kaldor. The echidna waddled off merrily towards the exit.
"Be careful," Kat warned as Orion slipped through the narrowing gap.
"Don't worry," she called. "It opens up."
"Alright," Kat whispered back. He nodded to Tab, who began to move forward. Tyson went to follow him, but Kat held him back.
"What?" Tyson asked blandly.
"I know they have your friend Luna," Kat muttered. "I'm going to ask you to not do anything rash to get her back. You could get yourself killed."
"I'd be willing to die if that meant her freedom," Tyson murmured.
"And your death will be her prison," Kat said sadly. "Without you, she'll be lost. She'll never move on. A friend of mine lost his girlfriend. It killed him on the inside. Don't make your friend go through that same grief." Tyson was silent at this.
"Come on guys! We're wasting time!" Tab said from the other side.
"Just think about it," Kat whispered before heading for the narrow tunnel. He squeezed through to find a comfortable alcove to sit in as they waited for the signal. Tyson followed him through without a single emotion on his expressionless face.
Kat just hoped that he had actually listened to him.
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"Why do I, the cripple, have the longest path to take?" Nascha asked angrily. Sun and Jackson simply shrugged. They had to go around the entire mountain, dive through a lake to get to an underground tunnel, and fight off a giant alligator in the process. Now Nascha was soaked and very very unhappy.
"I swear to god, she's like a cat. Absolutely hates water," Hanz muttered. "Back in Germany, we loved the beach and the water, but here we are in the desert, and the only water is infested with alligators."
"Please. Where we used to live, there was an alligator filled moat," Sun boasted.
"Really? That must have been terrifying," Hanz said in awe.
"Yeah, but they were all Naresa's daemons possessing alligators. I wonder how she's doing," Jackson muttered. He was surprised that no one had brought it up earlier. After all, they all had left Azuzai and Leader. Shouldn't Naresa have shown up to try and help them?
"I'm not sure," Sun said in an odd tone. It was clear to Jackson that he was following the same pattern of thought that he had.
"So, where are we coming out at?" Jackson asked.
"We have that slope to go up," Nascha said, pointing to the before mentioned slope which lay 20 feet down the tunnel. "After that, we'll be in the cave." Sun and Jackson tensed with anticipation. "Hanz, send off a message to Spirit. He needs to know that we're in position." Hanz nodded and ran back down the tunnel, nervousness surging through him. According to Spirit, it would take Hanz and his group the longest to get into position. Then, after their conformation letter was sent, they'd recieve a signal that calls them to battle.
He reached the edge of the water and quickly dove back in. The swim was much easier without the enormous man-eating reptile. He surfaced by the bank where Sir Theodore was waiting patiently. With a quick whistle from Hanz, Sir Theodore was off with a prewritten letter attached to his collar. Hanz dove back into the water and hurried into the cave. To his surprise, Nascha was waiting there for him.
"You're nervous, aren't you?" Nascha said. She held out a small, semi-dry towel that she had brought with her, which Hanz gratefully took to dry his face and hair off.
"Yeah, I am nervous. I can't really help it." He let out a sigh.
Nascha nodded in understanding. "I can see where you're coming from with that. We're up against someone who took down Lord Death himself-."
"That isn't it," Hanz interrupted. "Well, not all of it, anyway."
"What do you mean?" Nascha asked.
"What if they aren't as trustworthy as they appear?" he asked, looking in the direction where Sun and Jackson were. "They were eager to come to our side. What if they all betray us?"
"We have to trust them," Hanz said. He could see the fear expressed in Nascha's enormous eyes. "Your fears and doubts could be misplaced. We should just be grateful that they are helping us to get our revenge. They said that they were forced to be part of the organization, so we'll have to take their word for it."
"I guess you're right," she muttered.
"Come on. Let's go back," Hanz said. "And remember that they are as bent on revenge as we are. If they have been truthful so far, then they'll attack the opponet with the ferocity of an elefant and the fatality of a Mücke."
Nascha frowned at the sudden inserion of German words. "the first is an elephant, right?" Made sense. Elephants were pretty fierce when they wanted to be. "What's the other word?"
"Mosquito," Hanz said with a grin. "They transmit millions of diseases." Nascha shook her head with a laugh and sat next to Sun and Jackson. They nodded at them, showing that they were ready.
"Alright. Now, we await the signal," Nascha said, resting her head on Hanz's shoulder. She hated to wait.
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"That's the last one," Spirit said as he pulled the paper from Sir Theodore's collar. The dog was panting and went to lay down next to Kaldor, the dragons, and the kittens.
"Who are we sending to signal the attack?" Rosie asked, staring at the nearly unconscious animals. Spirit nodded to a cliff a little ways to the left of their location.
"He's in there, waiting."
"So, are you going to go give him the message now or what?" Lyn asked crossly, trying to hide any impatience. Siamon's eager eyes were hidden by his square glasses.
"Yes, I am. I'll be back in a minute, okay?" Spirit asked.
"Don't worry," Saimon said. "We won't go anywhere."
What a lie that was, but Spirit bought it. It was clear that the red-headed man was very stressed by the sheer number of students in danger. What these three were about to do wouldn't help at all.
"Okay, I'm going now," Spirit said, heading for the cave. The second he disappeared into the cave, the trio sprang into action. They ran to the volcano tube that Orion and Kat had gone through with Tab and Tyson. The two groups had planned this the second they heard that they'd be stuck out of the battle.
"There you guys are," Orion whispered as Lyn squeezed through the narrow tunnel, followed by Siamon and Rosie.
"We thought that you weren't going to show," Tab said, wrapping his long arms around his girlfriend.
"Ow," was all Siamon could say. He held his chest, still in some pain.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Kat asked. He had been dying to ask Orion the same thing, but she would probably just hit him over the head for even suggesting that she wasn't in perfect health.
"I'm still in some pain, but I can manage," Siamon said as he held his chest. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise from the other side of the cavern. They realized that it was the message that they had been awaiting. Loki was roaring at his loudest volume, signalling the attack. At once, Kat and Orion were out the cavern in a flash, followed by Tyson and then Tab, who warned Rosie to be careful. Around the room, more of the attackers emerged, a few of them standing by as reinforcements.
It was time for them to get their revenge.
Chapter done!
And...
My cast is finally off!
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Thanks,
~CatKkit.